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      Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

      R Released Jan 12, 1996 1 hr. 28 min. Comedy List
      32% 28 Reviews Tomatometer 80% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath). Read More Read Less

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      Scot Hilarious. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/25/24 Full Review Clayton D Over-the-top funny at times which is understandable for a satire but it's still the Wayans' best work to date Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/23/24 Full Review Dick N This is one of the dumbest movies i ever seen and yet it is quite good! In the first 10-15 min i was not sold but after watching the entire thing i liked it! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/24 Full Review Daniel G Love the nostalgia and come a y of this movie. It's a simple classic. You can't not quote ever line of this movie man. It's a Wayne's Brothers classic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/11/23 Full Review Don M So many funny moments. Nothing can be taken seriously, just go with it Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/12/23 Full Review letaiser the first Half was very good and funny but the 2nd wasn't mine It wasn't that funny Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Godfrey Cheshire Variety Full of very obvious spoofery, and funnier in concept than in execution. Feb 5, 2008 Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times A free-for-all comic spoof that brings the 'hood' genre of Hollywood films full circle. Rated: 3/5 Aug 30, 2004 Full Review Susan Stark Detroit News Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Sheila Reid Women in the Life The Wayans boys are back! Their satires are silly and sometimes hilarious, but more importantly they enable us to laugh at ourselves. May 13, 2022 Full Review Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Only briefly do the writers attempt any humor that is inflammatory, however. They go, mainly, for broad slapstick - aiming low. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 1, 2022 Full Review Deborah Hornblow Hartford Courant Perhaps if "Menace'' had been shorter and some of the weaker sketches had been left on the cutting-room floor, it would have added up to a stronger whole. In the end, it is too small a menace to match the efforts of filmmakers like Singleton and Lee. Rated: 2/5 Jan 2, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath).
      Director
      Paris Barclay
      Executive Producer
      Mark Burg, Dan Genetti
      Screenwriter
      Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman
      Distributor
      Buena Vista Pictures, Miramax Films
      Production Co
      Ivory Way Productions
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 12, 1996, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 23, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $18.5M
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Stereo